Lantern.



G. H. ROLFES. I

- LANTERN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. a1, 1908.

Patented M31. 2. 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFIQFL.

GEORGE H. ROLFES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO HANDLAN-BUCK MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

LANTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed. August 31, 1908. Serial No. 451,085.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. RoLrns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a novel construction in lanterns, whereby the oil pot hoop may be connected to the base of the lantern Without the employment of skilled labor in the connection of the parts.

Figure I is a vertical cross section taken throu h my lantern base and oil pot hoop. Fig. IIis a top or plan view of the parts shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a vertical fragmentary section through the lantern base and oil pot hoop with the parts in the positions assumed before the hoop is secured to the base. Fig. IV is a similar view to Fig. III with the parts in the positions assumed after the oil pot hoop and base have been secured to each other.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the base of my lantern which is constructed of sheet metal and is in the form of an inverted dish. This base is provided at its center with a depression 2 ada ted to receive an oil pot such as common y used in lanterns. Exterior of the central depression and out from the top of the base 1 are flexible tongues 3 that, when they are originally produced from the base are so bent as to flare upwardly and outwardly, as seen most clearly in Fig. III.

4 designates the oil pot hoop which is provided at its lower edge with inwardly extending flanges 5 that at the time of their production preferably extend downwardly, as well as inwardly, as seen in Fig. III, so that they may receive the engagement of the flexible tongues 3 projecting upwardly from the base 1. The flanges 5 are preferably two in number, as seen in Fig. II, and they are separated from each other at their ends due to the existence of gaps 6 between them.

I/Vhen the oil pot hoop and base of my lantern are to be assembled, the oil pot hoop is so placed upon the base that two of the flexi ble tongues 3 will pass through the gaps 6 between the inwardly extending flanges of the hoop to occupy positions above the planes of said flanges. The hoop is then turned on the base to cause the flexible tongues that have passed through the gaps to travel over the hoop flanges beneath them in order that others of the flexible tongues may be brought to the gaps 6 and pass therethrough in the same manner as the first mentioned flexible ton ues. This procedure is carried out until all of the flexible tongues have been passed through the gaps and into positions above the hoop flanges, as seen in Fig. I1. Then, by the use of a suitable implement, the flexible tongues 3 are pressed downwardly with the hoop flanges 5 beneath them, until said hoop flanges are confined beneath the flexible tongues, the flexible tongues and flanges being, at this time, in horizontal positions above the top of the base 1, as seen in Fig. IV. After the parts have been assembled as described they are di ped in a suitable soft solder with the resu t of causing the flexible tongues 3 and hoop flanges to be firmly united to each other.

It will be seen that by the construction herein described, I dispense with the employment of skilled labor in the production of the parts of the lantern, as herein described, inasmuch as by the employment of suitable machinery and implements, all of the ste s in the production and connection of tiie parts may be readily carried out by unskilled labor.

The connection of the parts in the manner described unites them securely and rigidly and there is no necessity for the application of solder to hold the parts from separation. I, however, preferably dip the assembled parts into solder to furnish a smooth finish.

I claim:

1. In a lantern, the combination of a base having u wardly extending flexible tongues, and an 01 pot hoop having a flange having a gap therein and adapted to be engaged by sald flexible tongues when they have been passed through said gap for the attachment pf tile hoop to the base, substantially as set ort 1.

2. In a lantern, the combination of a base said gaps for the purpose of connecting said having upwardly and outwardly extending hoop to said base, substantially as set forth.

flexible ton ues and an oil pot hoop having inwardly eten ding flanges separated by ROLFES' 5 gaps between their ends and adapted to be In the presence ofengaged by sald flexible tongues when the LILY RosT,

flexible tongues have been passed through E. M. HARRINGTON. 

